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The True Song of Praise
Basilea Schlink
Basilea Schlink (1904 - 2001). German religious leader, writer, and co-founder of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, born Klara Schlink in Darmstadt to a professor of mechanics. Raised Lutheran, she studied at Fröbelseminar in Kassel (1923) and Berlin’s Inner Mission girls’ school (1924), later earning a doctorate in psychology from Hamburg University in 1934 with a thesis on adolescent faith struggles. From 1933 to 1935, she led the Women’s Division of the German Student Christian Movement, resisting Nazi exclusion of Jewish Christians. In 1947, with Erika Madauss, she founded the Sisterhood in Darmstadt, taking the name Mother Basilea, growing it to 209 sisters across 11 global branches by 2001. Schlink authored over 60 books, including My All for Him, translated into 60 languages, and published tracts in 90. Her radio programs aired in 23 languages, emphasizing repentance and reconciliation, especially between Germans and Jews. Unmarried, she dedicated her life to prayer and ministry, shaping interdenominational Christian communities.
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In this sermon, Basilia Schlink emphasizes the power and importance of praise and worship in the life of an overcomer. She explains that an overcomer's heart and thoughts are always directed towards God, leading them to burst forth into song and worship. Praise and thanksgiving are seen as reflections of the lives of the blessed in heaven, and therefore, our lives on earth should also be characterized by this great joy. Schlink encourages listeners to turn to praise and thanksgiving as a means of finding comfort and overcoming difficulties, citing Psalm 108:2 as a reminder that God always has a way out of our troubles.
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God lives and works today. These joyous words echo throughout heaven, but why do so many of our hearts remain silent to his praise? If we only knew what power lies hidden in the true song of praise. If you long to understand and have this power, listen to today's meditation by Basilia Schlink. The life of an overcomer who dwells in the glory of heaven is characterized by praise and thanksgiving, by song and worship. What makes an overcomer so happy? His heart and thoughts are always directed towards the center of heaven, the triune God. This causes him to burst forth ever anew into song and worship. Our praise and songs of thanksgiving here on earth are a reflection of the lives of the blessed, and so our lives too should be characterized by this great joy. Let all the world lift up its voice, in God's great goodness now rejoice, and let all his faithful ones adore. Sing glory to him evermore, yes wonderful, we name him now, when good befalls we know not how. Whenever we're sad or oppressed by mountains of worries, the best help for us is to begin to give thanks and a praise. Now's the time to apply the words of Psalm 108 verse 2. Awake, O harp and lyre! Especially when we have no desire to pray, our prayers of praise and thanksgiving contain a special blessing. They're prayers without spiritual pleasure, which we have when we sense the Holy Spirit driving us to prayer and praise. They're prayers into which a sacrifice has been laid, prayers of overcoming. Therefore, as a sacrifice of praise, they're very precious to the Lord. For when we begin to praise the omnipotence of God, our mountains of worries begin to disintegrate. When we begin to sing that he is merciful and gracious, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, as he once revealed to Moses, we will find comfort in every affliction. We will be reminded ever anew that God's love can't and won't let us down. He always has a way out of all our difficulties. Therefore, let's praise God's goodness, proclaiming in many different ways that his thoughts for us are only love. Then our hearts will become joyful. Yes, through praise we will become overcomers and we'll be able to rejoice one day at his throne as his redeemed. For we will have learned on earth how to overcome suffering and distress, temptations and all our difficulties, through the true song of praise. This program by Basilea Schlink has come to you from the little land of Canaan. If you would like a free leaflet by the same author, please write to God Lives and Works Today, 9849 North 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona, 85028-4099. That's God Lives and Works Today, 9849 North 40th Street, Phoenix, Arizona, 85028-4099. God bless you.
The True Song of Praise
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Basilea Schlink (1904 - 2001). German religious leader, writer, and co-founder of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, born Klara Schlink in Darmstadt to a professor of mechanics. Raised Lutheran, she studied at Fröbelseminar in Kassel (1923) and Berlin’s Inner Mission girls’ school (1924), later earning a doctorate in psychology from Hamburg University in 1934 with a thesis on adolescent faith struggles. From 1933 to 1935, she led the Women’s Division of the German Student Christian Movement, resisting Nazi exclusion of Jewish Christians. In 1947, with Erika Madauss, she founded the Sisterhood in Darmstadt, taking the name Mother Basilea, growing it to 209 sisters across 11 global branches by 2001. Schlink authored over 60 books, including My All for Him, translated into 60 languages, and published tracts in 90. Her radio programs aired in 23 languages, emphasizing repentance and reconciliation, especially between Germans and Jews. Unmarried, she dedicated her life to prayer and ministry, shaping interdenominational Christian communities.